Display-stand.



M. M. smsou, DISPLAY STAND,

APPLICATION HLED FEB- 5. 1915-.

1,242,535. Patented Oct. 9,1917.

' INVENTORV ATTOR'NTY ED STATES PATENT rion.

MORRIS M. EINSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DISPLAY-STAND.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, MORRIS citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, county of Bronx, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display- Stands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention aims'to provide a display stand for displaying articles of various sorts, such for example as books or boxesof cigars or'other things; which is attractive and cheap, and which can be compactly packed and shipped and has other advantages referred to in detail hereinafter.

The accompanying drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention, designed for holding a box of cigars.

-Figure 1 illustrates the stand in use for displaying a box of cigars, the view bemg a perspective, with cover of the box partly broken away; a

Fig. 2'is a plan of the same;

Fig. 3 is a development of the parts showing the method of cutting them from a sin-' gle sheet;

Fig. 4: is a vertical section of the stand.

Referring to the embodiment of the invention illustrated, the stand comprises a pair of vertical, transversely extending, rigid sides A. The front edges of these sides are integrally connected by means of a front B and bent backward therefrom. The lower edges of the parts A and B constitute the base of the stand and are shaped so that it stands slightly inclined backward. The rear portions of the sides are connected by braces C and D. These braces comprise strips of sheet material the same as the front and sides, and the braces are of considerable breadth and lie in horizontal planes so as to stiffen the stand against horizontal deformation. The parts are shaped to provide a shoulder or shoulders for supporting-a .box E, preferably in position with its forward edge inclined downwardly as shown, and preferably also means are pro- .vided for engaging the hinged cover -F of such abox and holding it lifted so as to display the contents. A back G is preferably provided. It improves the appearance of the standand at the same time provides a convenient and conspicuous place for advertising inscriptions. The same use may be made of the front B which is preferably formed-with lateral projectionsH at the Specification of Letters Patent.

M. EINSON, a

Patented Oct. 9, 1917.

Application filed February 5, 1915. Serial No. 6,228. i

The shoulder for supporting the box is preferably formed by the edges J (Fig. 3) of the sides A, these edges extending backwardly and upwardly from the upper portion of the front B, .and being slightly depressed below the upper edge of this front so as to form short shoulders K which prevent the box fromsliding off the inclined edges J. Similar upright shoulders L are provided atthe rear of the inclined edges so that the box is held firmly in place. From the upper edge of the rear shoulders L the sides A project upward with substantially vertical edges M against which the lifted cover rests, and overhanging portions or -h00ks N are provided at the upper ends of the sides to'engage the free edge of the cover, as shown in Fig. 1.

The back G is provided with ears at its right and left edges and with slots 0, and the upper ortions of the sides are notched at P and so that between these notches there is formed a tongue on each side which fits into one of the slots 0 of the back. The back is thus held in place and at the same time braces the upper portions of the two sides and connects them to each other.

The sides, front and rear braces all form connected portions of an integral blank,

shown in Fig. 3, cut from a sheet of any suitable material such as cardboard or metal; and in the blank the space between the upper ends of the sides A leaves suflicient material for forming the back G. This may, therefore, be cut out in the same operation which cuts out the other parts. braces C and D are out along their longitudinal edges, as shown, with their free ends notched as at R and S, respectively, to look into the notched rear edge of the opposite side when the braces are bent down along the dotted lines T and U and the two sides are bent back along the dotted lines V and Preferably the notches formed by the edges J, K and L of the sides are made to fit the box which is to be displayed fairly closely and the hooks N likewise fit the thickness of the cover fairly closely. With this construction the box is displayed in the best position, with its cover open so as to show the inside face with the usual advertisements thereon and also to show the con tents of the box. At the same time the box The . to withdraw it in a forward direction without at, .the same time lifting or pulling for ward the stand with it.

The stand may be made of suitable size and design to hold other articles such for 7 example as books, in which case the hooks N may be shaped and located so as to fit over the edge of one of the covers; or may hold packages of various sorts either closed or open and preferably, though not necessarily, with their upper edge-portions held by the hooks.

Being cut from a single sheet, the advertising inscriptions may all be printed on such sheet before cutting out and folding the parts. Four convenient spaces for advertising are provided, the front, the back and the two sides; so that such advertisements will be visible from all exposed sides. The public is thus acquainted at once with the stylepf' the package and with the merits thereof and the trade-marks printed on the stand. The stand may be made higher for window display to give more room for advertising inscriptions and shorter for standing on counters. prime commercial requisite in such stands, because it can be printed in a single operation, cut out at one operation and shipped flat and compactly. lit is economical of material, there being little loss in cutting it from a rectangular sheet and the completed stand having a height considerably greater than the sheet from which it is cut. 7

Though if have described with great particularity of detail a certain specific embodi- -ment of my invention yet it is not to be understood therefrom that the invention is restricted to the particular embodiment disclosed. Various modifications thereof in detail and in the arrangement of the parts may be made by those skilled in the art, and various parts of the construction may be separately utilized, without departing from lit is quite inexpensive, a

messes theinvention as defined in the following claims.

What ll claim is 1. A stand for displaying a box having a hinged cover, said stand having a pair of vertical, transversely-extending sides, the upper portion of said sides having means which engage the free edge of the cover of the box and which hold said cover in an upright position.

2. A. display stand having a pair of vertical, transversely extending rigid sides, a front integrally connecting the front edges of said sides, said sides being bent back from said front and having supporting edges extending backward therefrom, and bracers integrally connected to one of the sides, one of said bracers engaging the rear middle portion of the remaining side and another of said bracers engaging the rear lower portion of the remaining side.

3. A. display stand having a pair of vertical, transversely extending rigid sides, a front integrally connecting the front edges of said sides, said sides being bent back from said front and having supporting edges extending backward therefrom, and a removable back fastened to the upper edges of said sides and extending upward, above and at the rear of said supporting edges to pre-' .vent a lateral strain upon the said upper edges of said sides.

4s. A display stand having a front, a pair of vertical, transversely extending sides integrally connected to the edges of said front and bent backward therefrom, the lower edges of said front and sides constituting the base of the stand, and bracers integrally connected to one of the sides, one of said bracers engaging the rear middle portion of the remaining side and the other bracer engaging the rear lower portion of the same remaining side, said pair of sides having supporting edges for supporting an article 7 and holding it against transverse movement. In witness whereof, l[ have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. 

